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The following photo was taken yesterday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by a friend of David Lanza, a reader and friend of DebbieSchlussel.com. The actual photographer wishes to remain anonymous, likely out of fear of becoming a target of Obamobs. You’ve no doubt seen the video, yesterday, of the shrieking Obama-supporter going on and on about the “Obamaphones” and how Obama should be re-elected for this. (Does anyone really think these tax-funded phones will end during a Romney administration?) Now, here’s the picture, complete with the sharia contingent seeking Al-Obamaphones.

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Is there more information about this program? Is it like a regular lifeline phone service, which limits the outgoing calls to a local area? Also, even with a landline with you do have to to pay a nominal monthly charge for the service. Getting the whole setup for free would be a big change.

Sure — Here’s some info. The FCC’s Lifeline program, to allow low-income people discounted access to telephone service, began in 1984 under the Reagan administration and is funded by telecom companies. The subsidized service is paid for by telecom companies (not taxes):

And that ladies and gentlemen is you 47%’s Romney was speaking of! BTW…these phones are paid for by all of us who actually pay for our cell phones. There is a government charge (tax) on your bill that funds this socialist program. GO FIGURE! Buying votes with our tax dollars!

It’s hard to say which institution is causing more harm to Americans: law schools or business schools. The former churn out unaccountable czarist nincompoops, whereas the latter produce airheaded “corporate citizens” who use their SHAREHOLDERS’ companies as in instrument to sovietize the economy.

I don’t doubt for a second that all of the major phone companies provide coverage to this program at a rock-bottom price, which they then recoup by making the non-deadbeat customers pay even higher prices. Our hospitals pretty much follow the same “business” model. If there weren’t so many barriers to entry in the market (most of them laughably illegal but unchecked), an enterprising businessman could ANNIHILATE AT&T et al by refusing to give service away, and charging their paying customers about one third of the (inflated) rate.

There’s a local shopping center I go to where the Obama voters hang out. There are all kinds of drug addicts, alcoholics, gang members, homeless, etc. It’s unbelievable to me how many self-destructive losers there are in this country and and we just give them free stuff. Unbelievable!

Debbie I want some Obama bucks too. Is there some kind of program you can get me into for good looking, fit 5’9″ Jewish guys with advanced degrees who work their tushies off? I would accept payment in the form of personal services. If there isn’t Debbie I’ll pay for your massage school.

In Brooklyn (where we figure out all benefits) we figured out that there is actually two companies that give Obama phones. Officially you can only get one of them, But since its the government No no one does due diligence really cares, you can take 3 or 4 phones for the entire family.

See these booth’s all the time outside the 7/11’s. It started under Bush but only cost a couple hundred grand and had no real advertising. Under obama the program is costing hundreds of millions of dollars and has a full advertising budget (radio, tv and billboards). It is one per address so some try to have them sent to vacant homes, trailers or apartments under different names. It is paid by regular phone users through a tax collected by the phone companies. So we are supporting the freeloaders yet again.

No one uses landline phones anymore! As for me, I use free relay service and IM as I am nearly deaf.

I have a TTY but its been gathering dust for over ten years now. Any thing I need to do with my disability, I don’t need an interpreter now – I can use my computer to contact any one with whom I have business to do.

The Lifeline program is one of those one size fits all government programs that doesn’t fit every one’s particular situation – and yes its prone to abuse, waste and fraud like the rest of them.

Its an example of how the good intentions of government hasn’t caught up with how people communicate today – in this century.

What are the odds the Demorats have those 12 million phone numbers and will be calling those 12 million phone numbers just before Nov 6th to remind these 12 million dead beats that there won’t be any more government swag unless they put out the doobie, get off the couch, call up the Free Demorat Voting Bus and haul their Size 9x ass down to the polls and vote as many times as allowed?

Hilarious. Further proof (as if we needed any) that Ronald Reagan (under whose administration this program began) would be considered a pinko commie socialist by today’s Republican party: http://www.wirelessforhope.org/#!about-lifeline